KTOO News Department

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President Joe Biden issued an apology last week for the nation’s history of federally-funded boarding schools for Native Americans. Here’s how Alaskans are reacting; Education is playing a big role in campaigns for the Alaska Legislature this fall; 46,000 Alaskans have already cast their ballots for the 2024 election. 

In this newscast: Gastineau Human Services officially opened the new Mount Juneau Counseling and Recovery building in Lemon Creek on Thursday; Juneau residents can get a free flu shot at Thunder Mountain Middle School this Saturday; Alaska businesses are divided over a ballot measure that would raise minimum wage and mandate sick leave; The city of Sitka has brokered a “Memorandum of Understanding” with the local cruise dock, but the city assembly postponed a vote until the next meeting after a number of community members said they needed more time to review the document,

In this newscast: The final cruise ship of the season, the Norwegian Jewel, leaves Juneau on Thursday evening. It concludes a nearly 200-day cruise ship season for the capital city; The City and Borough of Juneau formally apologized for the 1962 burning of the Douglas Indian Village at a Juneau Assembly meeting on Monday; This week, the Juneau Planning Commission approved a series of land rezones that span from North Douglas to Auke Bay. All of them would increase housing density in those areas, but not everybody is thrilled about it; The Northwest Arctic community of Kotzebue is starting recovery efforts after a coastal storm caused widespread flooding to the town of over 3000 people 

In this newscast: Alaska’s healthcare facilities are are conserving the use of intravenous or IV fluids due to shortages from Hurricane Helene; The Juneau Assembly has approved $2 million in funding to construct a temporary levee along Mendenhall River in order to prepare for future glacial outburst floods; City officials in Juneau say they are still extremely unhappy with a cruise line and a local Alaska Native corporation after they announced plans to develop a new cruise ship port last week; Ketchikan has seen a sharp increase in ambulance callouts in recent years, so the city has introduced a free city-sponsored program that emphasizes preventative care

In this newscast: Two new Juneau Assembly members were sworn in at City Hall last night; Early voting started yesterday in communities across Alaska; Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski says she hopes Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola is reelected this November; Cruise passengers cost the City of Ketchikan roughly $8 million last year, according to a new McKinley Research Group report; Tongass Voices: NAMI Juneau’s Aaron Surma on how to combat the winter blues

In this newscast: Juneau School District’s chief financial officer is resigning just a few months after she officially began the role; Water levels on Juneau’s Mendenhall Lake and River are returning to normal following a moderate glacial outburst flood that peaked at 10.7 feet at 11:30 p.m. Sunday night; Rosita Worl, a longstanding Indigenous leader from Juneau was honored at the White House today; A bill that passed quietly into law this summer aims to make it easier to bring experienced teachers into Alaska schools — and keep them there; Cold exposure injuries like frostbite and hypothermia are about 8 times more common for unhoused people in Alaska than those with housing

In this newscast: Final results in Juneau’s municipal election show that two new faces will join the Assembly, while incumbents for the mayor’s seat and the school board will stay; Goldbelt Incorporated and Royal Caribbean announced a partnership to develop a new cruise ship port on the backside of Douglas Island; The State of Alaska is asking a court to dismiss a lawsuit by eight young Alaskans arguing that efforts to build a North Slope natural gas pipline violate the state constitution. 

In this newscast: Lou Logan, Qayak builder-in-residence at the Alaska Srare Museum. is building a skin-on-frame qayak; The famed Red Onion saloon in Skagway is changing hands to a Juneau-based owned.